US1469629A - Ironing-board-supporting means - Google Patents

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Oct. 2 ,1923. Y 1,469,629

LE ROY c. EDDY ET AL IRONING BOARD SUPPORTING MEANS Filed Nov. ,1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 TIE-El...- a J E l I 2 Oct. 2 1923. 1,469,629

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LE EoY o. EDDY AND EVERETT ILEDDY oEwAnEEE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONING-iBOARD-SUPRORTING MTEANSH- t v Application filed November 20, 1922; Serial No. 602,096. 7

i T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, LE RoY C. EDDY and EVERETT H. EDDY, citizens of the United States, residing at'l'Varren, in the county of 6 lVarren and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Ironing-Board-Supporting Means;

and we do declare the, following to be a full,

clear,fand exact description of the inven- 1 tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the same.

Our invention has for its object to pro vide an extremely simple and inexpensive, yet a highly efficient and desirable arrange ment of parts for detachably supporting an ironing board upona vertical wall, in such a manner that it is simply necessary to swing the board upwardly to a predetermined extent, in order to entirely detach it from the wall, while a reversal of this operation will quickly and easily attach the board.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing board supported by means of our invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the wall carried bar forming part of the supporting means.

, Figure 4 is an upper edge view of the bar shown in Figure l Figure 5 is a detail horizontal'section on line 5-5 of Figure 3. v Figure 6 isa top plan view of a boardcarried "plate which co-operates with the wall-carried bar above mentioned. a

Figure 7 is an enlarged vertical section on line 77 of Fig. 21

vFigure 8 is an end elevation of the wall carried plate. V

F igure 9 is a View similar to Fig. 6 but showing a different form of construction.

In the drawings above'briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a barhaving suitable openings 2 for the reception of screws or nails, whereby it may be -secured flat against a vertical wall. This'bar is vertically widened at its ends to provide downwardly extending portions 3 having inwardly projecting ledges 4 which .are parallel with and spaced" below tlieibody portion of the bar, the inner edges 5 of the portions 3 being disposed at right angles.

to the upper surfaces of said ledges.

j The numeral 6 (Figs. 6 to 8) designates a plate having openings 7 to receive screws or the like whereby it may be'secured flat upon one end of an ironing board 8 to extend transversely of this end, for the purpose ofeflectively reinforcingthe same. At one edge, adjacent the ends of this edge, the plate 6 is provided with a pair of upwardly extending flanges 9 which are adapted to hook around the lower edge of the body portion of the bar 1, directly above, the ledges 4, said flanges being then received in recesses 10 formed in the rear side of said bar. one flange 9 tothe outer. end of the other flange, is approximately the same as the dis tance between the two edges 5, so that said flanges and edges will abut each other and hold the board against lateralshifting. The board then rests upon the ledges 4 as shown most clearly in Fig. 1, retainingthe flanges 9 in engagement with the bar 1.

Attention is directed to the fact thatthe edge of the plate 6 which carries the flanges 9, projects beyond said flanges sufiiciently to form a pair of rearwardly facing shoulders 11 which are adapted to abutthe front sides of the downwardly extending bar portions 3, thereby limiting the downward swinging of the plate 6 and the board 8. To take unnecessary strain from the bar 1 and plate 6, however, we prefer to provide the board witha hinged leg'l2 whose lower end ma well seat between the floor and the wall to which the bar 1 is secured.

Our invention is extremely simple and in- I expensive, yet will be highly eflicient and The distance'from the outer end of desirable and will present a neat appeara-nce. When thevboard is in place and is to be detached, it, is simplynecessary to swing it. upwardly sufficiently to disengage the flanges 9 from the bar 1, whereupon this detachment 'may be easily effected. similarly, by disposing the board at such an angle as to enable the flanges 9 to beengage-d with the bar 1 and then swinging said board downwardly, it may be quickly and easily positioned for use; When de tached from the bar 1, the board may be set at any desired point, so that it will be entirely out of the way, it being obvious that the leg 12 will fold against the board when the latter is detached.

As excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they are preferably followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made. For instance, in Fig. 9, we have shown a plate 6 to take the place of the plate 6, said plate 6 being of a sufficient size to form an iron-rest, suitable ribs 6 being provided to retain the iron in place.

hat is claimed is:

An ironing board support comprising a bar adapted to be secured flat against a vertical wall, the ends of said bar being vertically widened, providing downwardly extending portions having inwardly projecting ledges spaced downwardly from the body portion of said bar, the rear side of said bar being recessed above said ledges;

and a plate adapted to be secured flat upon one end of an ironing board, one edge of said plate having upwardly extending flanges to hook around the lower edge of said body portion of said bar directly over said ledges, said flanges being then received in the recesses of said bar with their outer ends abutting said downwardly extending bar portions and being held in this position by contact of the ironing board with said ledges, said flanges being spaced inwardly from the ends of the aforesaid edge of said plate, leaving portions of said edge exposed to form shoulders for cont-actwith the front faces of the widened ends of said bar, preventing downward swinging of said plate below a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures.

LE ROY C. EDDY. EVERETT H. EDDY.

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